Salem-News.com Politics articles Page 54

South Sudan: Attack at the Home of Human Rights Defender Mr Biel Boutros

Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes is concerned over the attack by state security forces on Biel Bourtos' home, as it appears to be directly targeted against him and his family.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - On the night of 20 January 2014, more than 30 armed men believed to be part of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) raided the house of human rights defender Mr Biel Boutros.

Biel Bourtos is the director of the South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA), a Juba-based, non-political, not-for-profit organisation that monitors and documents human rights violations in South Sudan and advocates for justice and the rights of vulnerable groups.

Honduras: Killing of Human Rights Defender and Indigenous Lenca leader Mr Justo Sorto

Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes roundly condemns the killing of Justo Sorto, which is related to his peaceful and legitimate work in the defence of the environmental rights of the indigenous Lenca community.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - On 21 January 2014, the indigenous Lenca leader and human rights defender, Mr Justo Sorto, was found dead on a farming estate of the Yance community in the municipality of Jesús de Otoro, in the department of Intibucá, Western Honduras.

Justo Sorto was an active member for twenty years of the Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Indígenas Populares – COPINH (Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organisations).

See the Funny Little Jews

From Harper's Jan. 2014: Percentage of American Jews who believe that following Jewish law is essential to Jewish identity : 19
Who believe that having a sense of humor is : 42

(ST AUGUSTINE, FL) - Believing this statistic is accurate, and I do, can lead to disturbing conclusions. American Jews by over 2-1 define themselves not by the Torah, but by appreciation of a good joke.

Soon I understood, one does not necessarily preclude the other.

Purbeck District Council: Housing and Homelessness

Mr. Gomes says homelessness is big problem in the UK.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Salem-News.com William Nicholas Gomes, has addressed the Purbeck District Council with a number of questons about residents who are struggling to maintain housing.

Mr. Gomes asks a number of important questions about the racial and cultural breakdown of those who are struggling.

Deadly Blast at Haret Hreik Leaves Neighborhood Devastated

LBCI TV in Beirut reported that, "the group of the Palestinian Ahmed Taha has links to the suicide bombing." However reliable sources told Salem-News that this is not true, adding that no Palestinians were involved.

(SALEM / BEIRUT) - Naharnet Newsdesk in Beirut, reports that the booby-trapped Kia car that exploded Tuesday in Haret Hreik came from the Sabra Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, on the outskirts of the southern suburbs.

Dr. Franklin Lamb, an international attorney and observer who lives in the area, adds that the car originated from an area near the Cola intersection leading to Fakhani, the former "Security Zone" of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) where one can catch a van ride to the Masnaa border crossing.

The Disillusioned Defectors Joining Assad`s Forces

It took several hours of negotiation to be allowed to film the moment the fighters lay down their weapons in the silent alley.

(DAMASCUS) - They emerged from the shadows of a rubble-strewn street, hands raised and stripped to the waist to ensure they weren’t wearing suicide vests.

But this wasn’t a trap or a staged piece of propaganda. These were defectors from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) who had been besieged for more than a year and had had enough.

Tylenol Kills Thousands

I am writing this as a Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology in medical schools. I have known about this extreme hazard for at least sixty years and I am astonished that it took the FDA sixty years to do something, meager as it is.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The headline, warning: this common painkiller may cause liver damage, was a report initiated by the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) that doctors should limit prescribing combination medications that Tylenol, which is acetaminophen, since an excess make cause severe liver damage, leading to death.

This exposes the well known phenomenon of a doctor's advice to a patient, "Take two and if that doesn't work, take one more, but don't take anymore."

President Bashar Al-Assad`s Interview with Agence France Presse

President Al Assad sat down with Agence Press France for this extensive interview about one of the most turbulent places in the world, where the U.S. continues to wage wars of attrition.

(DAMASCUS ) - In spite of their best efforts to unseat Syria's President Bashal al Assad and disband its secular government, the western powers have failed to bring about the regime change they seek.

The United States is funding al Qaeda militants; the same jihadist mercenaries the Americans were recently fighting in Iraq, to destabilize Syria, but the intervention of Russia has slowed the U.S. mission to wage war in yet another country.

Major Jewish Organizations Endorse Oregon`s Gay Marriage Campaign

They join 54 congregations and faith organizations and 175 clergy who have also endorsed the campaign.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Oregon Board of Rabbis, the Oregon Area Jewish Committee and the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland have endorsed the campaign to win marriage for gay and lesbian couples in Oregon.

The three Jewish organizations, among the most prominent in Oregon, join 54 congregations and faith organizations and 175 clergy who have also endorsed the campaign.

A Declaration of Independence - In Virtual CONGRESS

Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise.

(DETROIT) - Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

The last fifty year history of the present United States Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these fifty United States.